The step is aimed at making trade in the emission offsets more transparent.

A company executive said a stop-work order issued by the Trump administration is costing the Norwegian energy giant $50 million a week.

The Hospital Preparedness Program helps hospitals and emergency managers save lives in wildfires, tornadoes, pandemics and other mass-casualty events.

Critics say the investment in climate-cooling research, like refreezing sea ice and brightening clouds, distracts from the need to cut planet-warming emissions.

New guidance revokes a Biden-era climate metric of $190 per ton of carbon dioxide.

A hearing in Rhode Island marked the second time in a month that the oil giant sought to blunt one of the first climate lawsuits.

A federal complaint accuses Clif Zbars of misleading consumers by promoting a climate certification provided by a private business.

CalRecycle Director Zoe Heller got a Senate committee’s vote of approval after sharing a new timeline for a landmark plastic waste reduction program that Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered redone.

The escalating trade war between the U.S. and China is crippling an entire industry that hand-harvests geoducks in the Pacific Northwest.

Canada’s biggest bank abandoned its pledge after pointing to changes to the country’s Competition Act that restrict the kinds of environmental claims firms can make.

Cameron Hamilton, the acting disaster chief, appeared to contradict Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem by defending the agency on Wednesday.

Republicans and Democrats are trying to give Congress a voice in the future of the disaster agency.

The president’s budget threatens a $3.5 billion direct air capture initiative that has benefited Republican-led states.

The Danish wind giant Ørsted said its project near Rhode Island was 75 percent complete.

A bill to create a wildfire reinsurance program failed in committee, even though it had the support of Gov. Jared Polis (D).

The layoffs amount to a roughly 10 percent reduction of Amtrak managers.

Extending the state cap-and-trade program would be “particularly burdensome for lower-income households,” the Legislative Analyst’s Office said.

The state's spending plan includes a slight boost to a key environmental fund, plus $1 billion for climate programs.

“Extreme weather events and abrupt changes in transition policies can significantly affect our economies and financial sectors in the short run,” they warn.

The step is part of a drive by African countries, including Kenya and Zambia, to regulate the industry and gain greater control over it.